--- title: Mate, what did the General say the book was? — Andersen tales, George and little Emil… · tree and pragmatics description: Mate, what did the General say the book was? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 944 «Andersen tales, George and little Emily, part 155: George is confirmed, gets a hymn-book from Emily, and sends her pictures while she is ill» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics o --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/944-pg27200-part155/t3/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Andersen tales, George and little Emil…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/944-pg27200-part155/) / t3 # Test 3 · ★ · Andersen tales, George and little Emily, part 155: George… Mate, what did the General say the book was? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** General · **What happens:** say, be · **To what, where:** book · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 944 «Andersen tales, George and little Emily, part 155: George is confirmed, gets a hymn-book from Emily, and sends her pictures while she is ill» of the books course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: [the test at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/944-pg27200-part155/#t3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:944-pg27200-part155:t3:1 # text = Mate, what did the General say the book was? 1 Mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 7 obj _ _ 4 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 General General PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 book book NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · do-support | the General | | | | | Mate *vocative* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic | | 2 | **is a** | past | | the book | | | | | tree rules | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} "Rather plain, I think" ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:944-pg27200-part155:t3:o1:1 # text = "Rather plain, I think" 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Rather rather DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 plain plain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 think think VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 7 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* *in a quote* | present | I | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} "Very handsome indeed" ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:944-pg27200-part155:t3:o2:1 # text = "Very handsome indeed" 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Very very ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 handsome handsome ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 indeed indeed ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} "A book" ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:944-pg27200-part155:t3:o3:1 # text = "A book" 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 book book NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} "Charming!" ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:944-pg27200-part155:t3:o4:1 # text = "Charming!" 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Charming charming NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ! ! PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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